The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again spotted a distant exoplanet that I have exactly zero interest in ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) officially went into service above the Red Planet in November 2006. The spacecraft ...

Image number 100,000, which was captured on Oct. 7, "shows mesas and dunes within Syrtis Major, a region about 50 miles (80 ...

New laboratory studies could shed light on a rock containing potential signs of alien life that’s stranded on Mars ...

The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure ...

NASA reported 2025 achievements in lunar, Mars, and Earth science missions, including Artemis II preparations, CLPS landers, Mars ESCAPADE, ISS research, heliophysics, and new astronaut candidates.

After nearly 20 years on the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has snapped its 100,000th image of the ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

Even worse, the orbit of Mars is elliptical (think of a slight oval rather than a perfect circle), which means that sometimes ...

After nearly five years on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover has traveled almost 25 miles (40 kilometers), and the mission team has been busy testing the rover's durability and gathering new science ...